Mysterious events surround the sudden appearance of a gaping fissure at a remote Scottish army base: soldiers on manoeuvres nearby develop a debilitating sickness while a small boy is engulfed by an eerie presence. The radioactive subterranean monstrosity seems to have been brought to life by recent atomic experiments - but can it ever be destroyed?
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Low-budget black and white sci-fi thriller from Hammer films. Mysterious events surround the sudden appearance of a gaping fissure at a remote Scottish army base: soldiers on manoeuvres nearby develop a debilitating sickness, while a small boy is engulfed by an eerie presence. The radioactive, subterranean monstrosity seems to have been brought to life by recent atomic experiments - but can it ever be destroyed?
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Mysterious events surround the sudden appearance of a gaping fissure in Scotland soldiers on manoeuvres nearby develop a debilitating sickness and a small boy is later engulfed by an eerie presence The child subsequently dies of first-degree radiation burns similar to those that killed one of the soldiers Mankind is at the mercy of a seemingly unstoppable organism that melts the flesh of those in its path Atomic energy specialist Dr Adam Royston (Dean Jagger) and his colleague McGill (Leo McKern) investigate the deadly phenomenon which they trace to the depths of the fissure As the death toll rises Royston devises a daring plan to snare the creature in a lethal radioactive trap X the Unknown was only the second of Hammer’s horror productions but contained some of the most grisly and disturbing special effects seen in any of the company’s films
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